Organic Chemistry/Print version

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 * 1) Unit 1: Foundational Concepts of Organic Chemistry
 * Ch 1: History of Organic Chemistry · Ch 2: Atomic Structure · Ch 3: Electronegativity · Ch 4: Bonding · Ch 5: Electron Dot Structures & Formal Charge · Ch 6: CResonance · Ch 7: Acids and Bases
 * 1) Unit 2: Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
 * Ch 1: Methane and Carbon Chains · Ch 2: Properties of Alkanes · Ch 3: Drawing Alkanes · Ch 4: Branched Alkanes · Ch 5: Constitutional Isomers · Ch 6: Naming Alkanes · Ch 7: Cycloalkanes · Ch 8: Newman Projections and Conformers · Ch 9: Conformations · Ch 10: Stereoisomers and Chirality
 * 1) Unit 3: Stereochemistry
 * Ch 1: Chirality · Ch 2: Optical Activity · Ch 3: Enantiomers · Ch 4: Meso Compounds · Ch 5: Diastereomers · Ch 6: Configurations · Ch 7: R-S Notational System
 * 1) Unit 4: Haloalkanes
 * 2) Unit 5: Alcohols
 * 3) Unit 6: Amine
 * 4) Unit 7: Alkenes
 * Ch 1: Alkene Properties · Ch 2: Naming Alkenes · Ch 3: Cycloalkenes · Ch 4: The pi bond · Ch 5: Stability of Double Bonds · Ch 6: Alkene Reactions
 * 1) Unit 8: Alkynes
 * Ch 1: The Triple Carbon-Carbon Bond · Ch 2: Alkyne Properties · Ch 3: Naming Alkynes · Ch 4: Cycloalkynes · Ch 5: Alkyne Reactions
 * 1) Unit 9: Dienes
 * Ch 1: Kinds of Dienes · Ch 2: Conjugation · Ch 3: Diene Properties and eactions
 * 1) Unit 10: Aromatics
 * Ch 1: Aromatics in history · Ch 2.1: Benzene structure · Ch 2.2: Benzene Properties · Ch 4.1: Overview of Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions · Ch 4.5: Friedel-Crafts Alkylation · Ch 4.6: Friedel-Crafts Acylation · Ch 10: Aromatic reactions
 * 1) Unit 11: Ketones and Aldehydes
 * 2) Unit 12: Carboxylic Acids
 * 3) Unit 13: Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
 * 4) Unit 14: Analytical Techniques
 * Ch 1: Elemental Analysis · Ch 2: Chromatography · Ch 3: Spectroscopy
 * 1) Unit 15: Organometallics


 * 1) Appendix A: Introduction to Reactions
 * 1: How to Write Organic Reactions · 2: Overview of Addition, Elimination, Substitution and Rearrangement Reactions · 3: Polar and Radical Reactions · 4: Redox Reactions · 5: Functional Groups in Reactions · 6: Drawing Reactions · 7: Rates and Equilibria · 8: Gibbs Free Energy · 9: Bond Dissociation Energy · 10: Energy Diagrams · 11: Transition States · 12: Carbocations · 13: Electrophilic Additions · 14: Zaitsev's Rule · 15: Hydroboration/Oxidation · 16: Radicals · 17: Rearrangement Reactions · 18: Pericyclic Reactions · 19: Diels-Alder Reaction · 20: Epoxide
 * 1) Appendix B: Index of Reactions
 * 2) Appendix C: Introduction to Functional Groups
 * What is a Functional Group?
 * 1) Other Appendices
 * Glossary · Short Periodic Table · External Links

= Authors = The authors of this book are:

= Foreword =

= Unit 1: Foundational concepts of organic chemistry =

= History of organic chemistry =

= Atomic structure =

= Electronegativity =

= Bonding =

= Electron dot structures & formal charge =

= Resonance =

= Acids and bases =

= Unit 2: Alkanes and cycloalkanes =

= Alkanes =

= Methane and carbon chains =

= Properties of alkanes =

= Drawing alkanes =

Branched alkanes
= Constitutional isomers =

= Naming alkanes =

= Cycloalkanes =

= Newman projections and conformers =

= Conformations =

= Stereoisomers and chirality =

= Unit 3: Stereochemistry =

= Chirality =

= Optical activity =

= Enantiomers =

= Meso compounds =

= Diastereomers =

= Configurations =

= R-S notational system =

= Unit 4: Haloalkanes =

= Unit 5: Alcohols =

= Unit 6: Amine =

= Unit 7: Alkenes =

= Unit 8: Alkynes =

= The triple carbon-carbon bond =

= Alkyne properties =

= Naming alkynes =

= Cycloalkynes =

= Alkyne reactions =

= Unit 9: Dienes =

= Kinds of dienes =

= Conjugation =

= Diene properties and reactions =

= Unit 10: Aromatics =

= Aromatics in history =

= Benzene structure =

= Benzene properties =

= Overview of electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions =

= Friedel-Crafts alkylation =

= Friedel-Crafts acylation =

= Aromatic reactions =

= Unit 11: Ketones and aldehydes =

= Unit 12: Carboxylic acids =

= Unit 13: Carboxylic acid derivatives =

= Unit 14: Analytical techniques =

= Elemental analysis =

= Chromatography =

= Spectroscopy =

= Unit 15: Organometallics =

= Appendix A: Introduction to reactions =

= How to write organic reactions =

= Overview of addition, elimination, substitution and rearrangement reactions =

= Polar and radical reactions =

= Redox reactions =

= Functional groups in reactions =

= Drawing reactions =

= Rates and equilibria =

= Gibbs free energy =

= Bond dissociation energy =

= Energy diagrams =

= Transition states =

= Carbocations =

= Electrophilic additions =

= Zaitsev's rule =

= Oxidation =

= Radicals =

= Rearrangement reactions =

= Pericyclic reactions =

= Diels-Alder reaction =

= Epoxide =

= Appendix B: Index of reactions =

= Appendix C: Introduction to functional groups =

= Overview of Functional Groups =

= Other appendices =

= Glossary =

= Short periodic table =

= External links =